List of Are You Afraid of the Dark? episodes

The following is an episode list of the television series Are You Afraid of the Dark? which aired on Nickelodeon from 1990 until 2000.

Episode list

Season 1 (1990 - 1991)

#	Title	Summary	Villain(s)	Storyteller	Original air date
1	"The Tale of the Phantom Cab"	Two brothers get lost in the woods and come across a mysterious cab driver, as well as a reclusive backwoods scientist by the name of Dr. Vink. In order to prevent their death, they must solve the riddle: "What is lighter than air, can be seen by the naked eye, and if you put it into a barrel, will make the barrel lighter?". In the end, the kids are able to solve the riddle (the answer is a hole) and free all of the spirits originally trapped by Vink's curse.	Flynn (the cab driver) Dr. Vink	Frank	November 7, 1990
2	"The Tale of the Twisted Claw"	Two young boys play a prank on a local eccentric woman. On Halloween, she gives them a strange claw which she claims will grant them wishes. Unfortunately, they soon learn that wishes have a nasty habit of being twisted to create something terrible. Inspired by The Monkey's Paw.	Miss Clove (a witch)	David	October 31, 1990
3	"The Tale of Laughing in the Dark"	Zeebo was once a cigar-loving clown, but died in a funhouse as he fled the police for stealing the circus' payroll. In the present day, a bullying boy is dared to snatch the nose of the clown made in Zeebo's likeness in a new funhouse built where the old one once stood. The boy easily performs the task, and brags of his courage...until a certain clown comes to his house to collect his stolen belongings.	Zeebo	Betty Ann	November 14, 1990
4	"The Tale of the Lonely Ghost"	Laura Bertram (from Ready or Not and Andromeda) plays a girl that is tricked into visiting a house haunted by a lonely, mute girl in search of her mother.	Lonely Ghost	David	November 21, 1990
5	"The Tale of the Hungry Hounds"	Mia Kirshner (from The Black Dahlia and The L Word) stars as a girl who finds her aunt's old horse-riding jacket and becomes possessed by her spirit, who must feed her starving dogs in order to rest in peace.	Dora	Kristen	November 28, 1990
6	"The Tale of the Prom Queen"	Two boys befriend a strange girl while hunting for the mystery behind the death of a prom queen. A take on the more traditional 'vanishing hitchhiker' stories.	*Judy Larson *Ricky Mitchell	Kristen	January 30, 1991
7	"The Tale of the Captured Souls"	A family of three moves into a lakeside resort headed by a young boy who steals people's souls in order to stay young forever. Once the parents are aged, it is up to their daughter to save them.	Peter	Kiki	December 12, 1990
8	"The Tale of the Nightly Neighbors"	A sister and brother suspect that their new neighbors may be vampires. "With ghost and ghouls there are no rules, but a vampire's bite only comes at night."	The Braun family (vampires)	Betty Ann	December 19, 1990
9	"The Tale of the Dark Music"	A boy discovers strange creatures living in his uncle's basement that come out to feed every time he plays music on the radio. The creature promises to give the boy everything he could ever want...so long as he continues to feed it.	Basement Creature	Eric	January 16, 1991
10	"The Tale of Jake and the Leprechaun"	Young Jake is excited to be part of a play called "Will o' the Wisp", a story about an elf saving a boy by changing him into a leprechaun. Soon Jake notices some unusual changes, like he's really changing into a leprechaun himself.	Erin (a banshee)	Eric	January 2, 1991
11	"The Tale of the Super Specs"	A prankster buys gag gifts from Sardo's magic shop, including "Super Specs", a pair of weird glasses. When he gives them to a shy girl in his class, she discovers that looking through the glasses allows her to see aliens that are living among humans and slowly taking over the planet. Potentially inspired by the movie They Live.	Aliens	Gary	December 5, 1990
12	"The Tale of the Sorcerer's Apprentice"	A high school outcast falls under the spell of an evil wizard named Goth.	Goth	Betty Ann	December 26, 1990
13	"The Tale of the Pinball Wizard"	A boy obsessed with pinball finds himself trapped in the mall at closing time—and the protagonist of a real life pinball game. He must use all of his skills to escape the enchanted mall, but soon learns that he is not the only one playing...	Mr. Olson pinball characters	Gary	November 13, 1991

Season 2 (1991 - 1992)

#	Title	Summary	Villain(s)	Storyteller	Original air date
14	"The Tale of the Final Wish"	Comedian Bobcat Goldthwait guest stars in this story of a teenage girl who still believes in the lighter side of fairy tales. She is soon taken under her bed and discovers a world full of her favorite characters...and villains intent on keeping her prisoner.	The Sandman	Kristen	October 30, 1991
15	"The Tale of the Midnight Madness"	In a last-ditch effort to save a failing theater, Dr. Vink shows a vampire film that draws in big audiences— and brings the movie monster to life.	Nosferatu Dr. Vink	Frank	November 6, 1991
16	"The Tale Of Locker 22"	A young girl discovers that ghosts from the 1960's haunt her locker.	Candy Warren	Kristen	November 13, 1991
17	"The Tale of the Thirteenth Floor"	Two siblings discover an elevator floor filled with strange toys and games—and alien parents who want their daughter back.	Aliens	Betty Ann	November 20, 1991
18	"The Tale of the Dream Machine"	An aspiring writer finds a typewriter that makes everything written come true, including a story about the death of his best friend.	Typewriter	Written by Kiki but told by Gary	November 27, 1991
19	"The Tale of the Dark Dragon"	A physically-challenged teen, still bitter from the accident that caused his disability, buys a potion from Sardo's magic shop that turns him into the coolest kid in school, but brings out a demon born from his own anger and self-loathing. Based on The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	The Dark Dragon Potion	David	December 4, 1991
20	"The Tale of the Frozen Ghost"	Clarissa Explains It All and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch star Melissa Joan Hart guest stars in this story about a spoiled boy and his babysitter who, while visiting the boy's aunts, are haunted by the ghost of a boy who froze to death.	Frozen Ghost	Kristen	December 18, 1991
21	"The Tale of the Whispering Walls"	A babysitter and her two charges get lost on the way from a carnival. When their car breaks down, the babysitter goes inside to use their telephone. The children soon learn that the house is haunted by the ghosts of visitors who went in, but never came out.	Master Raymond	Betty Ann	December 11, 1991
22	"The Tale of the Full Moon"	Two young pet detectives suspect a neighbor of being a werewolf after cats begin disappearing from the neighborhood.	Werewolf Neighbor	Frank	December 25, 1991
23	"The Tale of the Shiny Red Bicycle"	A boy is haunted by the ghost of his dead best friend after he finds his old bicycle.	Ricky Hagerty	David	January 1, 1992
24	"The Tale of the Magician's Assistant"	A boy becomes an assistant to a magician named Shandu and steals his magic wand. This violates the "Magician's Code", and leads to terrible repercussions.	Nazrak demon	Gary	January 8, 1992
25	"The Tale of the Hatching"	Two siblings are sent to a boarding school where the students are brainwashed into caring for mutant reptiles' eggs, who are bent on world domination.	The Taylors	David	January 15, 1992
26	"The Tale of Old Man Corcoran"	Two boys join a group that plays hide and seek in a graveyard that is rumored to be haunted by the ghost of the old caretaker.	*Old Man Chorcoran *Ghost Kids	Kiki	January 22, 1992

Season 3 (1992 - 1993)

#	Title	Summary	Villain(s)	Storyteller	Original air date
27	"The Tale of the Midnight Ride"	A boy moves to Sleepy Hollow, where he learns the truth about—and comes face-to-face with—The Headless Horseman.	The Headless Horseman	Tucker	October 28, 1992
28	"The Tale of Apartment 214"	A girl befriends an old woman who died on the day someone promised to be with her, but never came. History repeats itself when the girl breaks her promise to the old lady and is haunted by her angry spirit.	Madeline	Kiki	November 4, 1992
29	"The Tale of Watcher's Woods"	In 1919, three campers got lost in Watcher's Woods and vanished, leaving behind their whistles. Decades later, two girls are paired together for a summer camp hike—and encounter three witches who used to be the lost girls. Likely inspired by the movie The Watcher in the Woods	The Watcher	Sam	November 11, 1992
30	"The Tale of the Phone Police"	Two prank phone callers get hunted down by a vigilante group who capture and erase the existence of anyone who misuses the phone.	Phone Police	Tucker	November 18, 1992
31	"The Tale of the Doll Maker"	A girl finds a mysterious dollhouse in the attic which may have a connection with her friend's disappearance.	The Dollhouse	Betty Ann	November 25, 1992
32	"The Tale of the Bookish Babysitter"	A TV-obsessed boy is left with a babysitter who teaches the child the wonders of reading—by using magic to take him inside the stories.	Book Characters	Betty Ann	December 2, 1992
33	"The Tale of the Carved Stone"	A new girl in town, desperately trying to find friends, buys a stone from Sardo's magic shop that takes her back in time to the 1890s, where she meets another lonely youth who lived in her family's new home.	Brother Septimus	Gary	December 9, 1992
34	"The Tale of the Guardian's Curse"	Salute Your Shorts star Danny Cooksey guest stars in this story of two kids who accidentally resurrect a mummified Egyptian queen at their father's museum.	*Mina *Capel-Smith	Tucker	December 16, 1992
35	"The Tale of the Curious Camera"	Eddie Kaye Thomas of American Pie fame stars in an early role as a boy receives a camera that predicts misfortune for anything and anyone photographed by it. Potentially inspired by The Twilight Zone episode "A Most Unusual Camera".	The Bad Luck Camera	Betty Ann	December 23, 1992
36	"The Tale of the Dream Girl"	A teen boy named Johnny falls for a beautiful girl who turns out to be the ghost of a girl who died in a car accident. This episode was cited by M. Night Shyamalan as the inspiration for The Sixth Sense.	Donna Erica	Sam	December 30, 1992
37	"The Tale of the Quicksilver"	Fresh Prince of Bel-Air star Tatyana Ali guest stars (in a dual role) in a story about two boys haunted by an evil spirit and a girl who died trying to ward him off.	Evil Zombie	Kiki	January 6, 1993
38	"The Tale of the Crimson Clown"	A mischievous boy steals his older brother's money and messes with him all the time. Then, a Chucky-like clown doll that causes bad luck for children who choose to be bad haunts him.	The Crimson Clown	Gary	January 13, 1993
39	"The Tale of the Dangerous Soup"	Dr. Vink is back and running The Wild Boar, a restaurant where a demon harvests the fear from their employees, including guest star Neve Campbell, as the main ingredient for a popular dish.	Dr. Vink	Frank	January 20, 1993

Season 4 (1993 – 1994)

#	Title	Summary	Villain(s)	Storyteller	Original air date
40	"The Tale of Cutter's Treasure (1)"	Part one of two. Two brothers unleash the spirit of a ruthless pirate named Jonas Cutter after unlocking an antique treasure chest	Jonas Cutter	Gary and Frank	November 17, 1993
41	"The Tale of Cutter's Treasure (2)"	Part two of two. When Cutter kidnaps one of the brothers, it's up to the other to save him and avenge the death of their great-grandfather killed by Cutter himself. First episode where Dr. Vink isn't a villian.	Jonas Cutter	Gary and Frank	November 24, 1993
42	"The Tale of the Renegade Virus"	A boy places a virus in his friend's computer game as a prank, and faces a real virus who tries to escape into the real world.	The Renegade Virus	Gary	October 27, 1993
43	"The Tale of the Quiet Librarian"	Two children discover that their local library is haunted by the ghost of a librarian who steals the voices of all loud children. Buffy the Vampire Slayer would later gain acclaim for a similar episode called "Hush".	Quiet Librarian	Kiki	December 1, 1993
44	"The Tale of the Water Demons"	Two cousins deliver food to an old man who stole jewelry from a shipwreck and is now haunted by the victims' ghosts. Potentially inspired by the movie The Fog.	Water Demons	Tucker	November 10, 1993
45	"The Tale of the Long Ago Locket"	Boy Meets World's Will Friedle guest stars as a lovelorn boy that gets lost in the forest, and finds himself in the Revolutionary War, where he must help a soldier return to his love before she gets married to another man.	Redcoats	Sam	November 3, 1993
46	"The Tale of the Silent Servant"	Two cousins use a magic stick to turn a scarecrow into their slave who does everything perfectly, including carrying out an inadvertent murder plan.	Silent Servant	Betty Ann	December 8, 1993
47	"The Tale of the Room for Rent"	A ghost haunts an old man as revenge for supposedly killing him during a WWII plane crash and stealing his girlfriend.	Jacob	Sam	December 15, 1993
48	"The Tale of the Ghastly Grinner"	Ethan is a boy who loves to draw and read comics. He jumps at the chance to be the sole owner of a comic called "The Ghastly Grinner" about a jester-ike supervillain who turns people into mindless giggling idiots. A freak accident brings the Grinner to life, and he begins to transform all he finds-including Ethan's parents. It's up to Ethan and a bookish girl from his class to defeat the Grinner.	The Ghastly Grinner	Betty Ann	December 22, 1993
49	"The Tale of the Fire Ghost"	Two siblings, with the help of the ghost of a dead fireman who was killed in the line of duty, battle against the spirit of fire itself.	Fire Ghost	Tucker	December 29, 1993
50	"The Tale of the Unfinished Painting"	A would-be artist (Jewel Staite) spends time at an art studio run by a witch who owns a set of cursed paintbrushes that trap anyone who signs their name on a completed piece.	*Mrs. Briar *Hunter	Gary	January 12, 1994
51	"The Tale of the Closet Keepers"	A girl who is deaf and the boy who mistreated her must escape from an alien zoo where Earth children from around the globe are the main exhibit.	Aliens	Kiki	January 5, 1994
52	"The Tale of Train Magic"	A boy who loves trains finds himself aboard a toy train modeled after a real train that crashed 80 years ago and killed everyone on board.	Ray Lawson	Frank	January 19, 1994

Season 5 (1995 – 1996)

#	Title	Summary	Villain(s)	Storyteller	Original air date
53	"The Tale of the Dead Man's Float"	In this episode, ranked by fans as one of the scariest in the series, a teenage science nerd named Zeke and his love interest, Clorice, discover an abandoned swimming pool in their high school that was built on top of a graveyard, leaving the angry spirit to take its vengeance on anyone who swims in it.	Pool Spirit	Stig	October 7, 1995
54	"The Tale of the Jagged Sign"	A girl sent to live with her aunt tries to solve the mystery of a strange symbol and a ghost waiting in the mountains for the woman he loved.	Joshua	Kiki	February 9, 1996
55	"The Tale of Station 109.1"	Comedian/former Saturday Night Live castmember Gilbert Gottfried guest stars as a DJ named Roy in this tale of a death-obsessed boy who discovers a radio station that takes its listeners to the afterlife—whether they want to go or not. The episode also features a 15-year-old Ryan Gosling in a supporting performance.	Roy Dead People	Stig	November 4, 1995
56	"The Tale of the Mystical Mirror"	A self-conscious girl gets hired to work at a boutique where the owner uses a magic mirror to steal her employees' beauty and turns them into dogs.	Ms. Valenti	Betty Ann	November 11, 1995
57	"The Tale of Prisoner's Past"	Two step-brothers accidentally release a convict's ghost while visiting an old prison on a school field trip. Features Christopher Castile from the famous TV series Step by Step.	One-Eyed Jack	Tucker	December 2, 1995
58	"The Tale of C7"	In the last episode directed by David Winning, a family buys an abandoned hotel and summon a spirit from a nearby lake by playing a popular selection on an old jukebox.	Iris	Sam	December 9, 1995
59	"The Tale of Badge"	On her sixteenth birthday, a girl learns from her grandmother that she is a witch and must use her newfound magic to stop a demon named Badge.	Badge, a humanoid badger	Gary	April 20, 1996
60	"The Tale of Manaha"	A young boy who is the butt of practical jokes at summer camp steals a statue, releasing mythical creatures who hunt for human flesh.	The Shaman	Tucker	December 30, 1995
61	"The Tale of the Unexpected Visitor"	Two boys use top-secret audio equipment to broadcast their music into space. They succeed when a kid alien answers their message—and comes over to play. The aliens are able to communicate using musical patterns, a clear reference to Close Encounters of the Third Kind.	Aliens	Kiki	January 13, 1996
62	"The Tale of the Chameleons"	Sister, Sister stars Tia and Tamera Mowry appear in this Invasion of the Body Snatchers-esque story of a reckless girl who doesn't heed the warning of getting bitten by a chameleon ("Bite ya once, bite ya twice, a little water, pay the price!") and gets turned into one by a chameleon who disguises herself as a human as part of a plan to unleash her species on the world. The chameleons are actually played by iguanas.	The Evil Chameleon	Betty Ann	November 18, 1995
63	"The Tale of the Vacant Lot"	An insecure young girl shops at a bizarre store that supplies her with everything she needs to be popular—in exchange for her soul.	Marie	Kiki	January 20, 1996
64	"The Tale of a Door Unlocked"	A boy buys a toy door from Sardo's magic shop that predicts death for a girl he likes.	The Evil Door	Gary	January 27, 1996
65	"The Tale of the Night Shift"	Emmanuelle Chriqui appears in this episode about a hospital volunteer who fears for her life when her co-workers are killed off and turned into the walking dead by a vampire living in the basement; Elisha Cuthbert appears briefly as a young patient. Back in the real world, Gary and Sam get much closer together.	Vampire	Sam	February 3, 1996

Season 6 (1999)

#	Title	Summary	Villain(s)	Storyteller	Original air date
66	"The Tale of the Forever Game"	After a boy who mistreats his friends and family steps into an ancient, creaking tree, he learns that he must play a game that will put his sister and friend in serious jeopardy if he loses.	The Forever Game	Tucker	February 6, 1999
67	"The Tale of the Zombie Dice"	Mr. Click, a strange video arcade owner, challenges kids to a game where the losers are shrunk down and sent to countries all over the world as pets - even though a lot of them die on the trip. Possibly inspired by the apocryphal accounts of the game Polybius.	Mr. Click	Vange	February 27, 1999
68	"The Tale of Jake the Snake"	An aspiring hockey player named Wiley is given a strange hockey stick that once belonged to Jake "The Snake" Desmond, who started out as the worst in his league, but soon became the star player every time he used it to score a goal. Not only does Wiley gain the abilities of a professional player, but also the skin, personality, and appetite of a snake.	Jake the Snake	Tucker	March 20, 1999
69	"The Tale of the Virtual Pets"	Kids become obsessed with the Diggers, Tamagotchi-like pets that require to be fed information. But Kate, the only girl in her class not computer-savvy, finds that the Diggers are using the kids to escape out into the human world, while the kids themselves are about to be confined into cyberspace.	Diggers	Vange	February 20, 1999
70	"The Tale of the Misfortune Cookie"	A bored teen uses a golden fortune cookie to make his life more interesting—with horrifying results.	Fortune Cookie	Andy	February 13, 1999
71	"The Tale of the Gruesome Gourmets"	Two brothers suspect that their new neighbors may be cannibals.	Mr. Collins Mr. Primms	Megan	March 13, 1999
72	"The Tale of the Hunted"	During a hunting trip, a girl named Diana hunts for a wolf called "The Blaze." After being given a magical necklace, Diana is transformed into a wolf and must flee from her father's hunting party.	Hunting Party	Andy	March 27, 1999
73	"The Tale of Vampire Town"	A self-proclaimed vampire slayer named Adder is on the hunt for the legendary vampire, Dreyfus. However, the hunter soon becomes the hunted during his stay at a strange town, where people believe he is the vampire.	*Dreyfus *Motel Manager	Quinn	April 1, 1999
74	"The Tale of the Wisdom Glass"	A rich kid tricks a poor kid into stealing a computer game called Wisdom. Both are transported into a cyberworld where they're put on trial for their heinous action.	members of Wisdom	Quinn	April 3, 1999
75	"The Tale of the Walking Shadow"	A boy is cast in the stage presentation of MacBeth and finds that the theater is haunted by the actors and actresses who died before they could finish the play.	Ghost actors	Megan	April 10, 1999
76	"The Tale of Oblivion"	A boy buys magical art supplies, complete with an eraser that sends anything to a place called Oblivion, where everything sent there is permanently destroyed—including human life.	Barach the Concoror	Tucker	April 17, 1999
77	"The Tale of the Secret Admirer"	A shy girl gets secret admirer messages from a dead boy who sent secret admirer messages to her mother when he was alive.	Teddy	Megan	May 8, 1999
78	"The Tale of Bigfoot Ridge"	A girl travels to a town where her missing friend has been captured by a ghost who only hunts in the darkness. Features a young Hayden Christensen.	Aumbra	Tucker	May 15, 1999

Season 7 (2000)

#	Title	Summary	Villain(s)	Storyteller	Original air date
79	"The Tale of the Lunar Locusts"	Figure skater Tara Lipinski guest stars in this tale of an alien girl named Ellen who needs the other half of her medallion (which an Earth boy happens to carry in the form of a ring) to release unborn alien babies buried underneath the football field of their school.	Ellen	Megan	April 9, 2000
80	"The Tale of the Stone Maiden"	A girl breaks up with her longtime boyfriend who strangely disappears. The boy runs into a lone statue of a maiden, and feeling thirsty, he drinks some of the fresh water trickling from her urn. However, he soon finds out the hard way that whoever partakes of the water turns into stone.	Stone Water	Megan	April 16, 2000
81	"The Tale of Highway 13"	Two friends fix up a 1969 Pontiac GTO that takes them down a mysterious highway, and the only way to return home is to challenge a ghostly truck in a deadly drag race.	Ghost Drivers	Quinn	April 23, 2000
82	"The Tale of the Reanimator"	A plant store worker steals an experimental potion that can bring dead plants back to life, but may have horrible repercussions if used on a dead animal—or a dead human.	Zombie	Quinn	April 30, 2000
83	"The Tale of the Time Trap"	A boy finds a magic lamp and gets caught in a genie's plans to free herself from granting wishes.	Genie	Tucker	May 7, 2000
84	"The Tale of the Photo Finish"	As part of a club initiation, a boy steals a painting of a dead boy who died because no one would accept him—and now gets his revenge by trapping his enemies into his "Wall of Shame".	Ghost	Andy	May 14, 2000
85	"The Tale of the Last Dance"	A Phantom of the Opera/The Hunchback Of Notre Dame-esque story of a mutant who falls for a violin player and will stop at nothing to make her his love.	Mutant	Andy	May 21, 2000
86	"The Tale of the Laser Maze"	Competitive twins get trapped in an alien game of laser tag, where the creator of the game plans to make robotic clones of them to become his star players.	Drake	Tucker	May 28, 2000
87	"The Tale of the Many Faces"	A struggling model visits a strange woman who collects the faces of beautiful women and uses them as masks.	Madame Visage	Vange	June 4, 2000
88	"The Tale of the Night Nurse"	Two sisters are visited by the ghost of a young girl named Emily who supposedly died at the hands of her nurse. Now the nurse returns to make history repeat itself.	The Night Nurse	Vange	June 11, 2000
89	"The Tale of the Silver Sight Part 1"	Part one of three. Gary, the original president of the Midnight Society, his brother Tucker, and the current Midnight Society must band together and find the original members from 1990 in order to stop an evil spirit from taking over the world. Guest star Degrassi's Ryan Cooley)	Unknown	Unknown	April 2, 2000
90	"The Tale of the Silver Sight Part 2"	Part two of three. Gary and the current members of the Midnight Society continue searching for the original members of the Midnight Society.	Unknown		Unknown	April 2, 2000
91	The Tale of the Sliver Sight Part 3	Part three of three. Gary and the current members of the Midnight Society find the Sliver Sight and face their true enemy.	Waif Kid	Gray and Tucker's grandfather, Gene	April 2,[2000]] External links Are You Afraid of the Dark? episode list on TV.com